inspiratoryadj.
/ɪnˈspʌɪərətəri//ˈɪnspɪreɪtəri/ Belonging to or characterized by inspiration or inhalation; serving to draw in the air in respiration.
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1773 Hunter in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 489 A perpendicular section of the Torpedo a little below its inspiratory openings.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. v. i. 259 The inspiratory muscles of the thorax.
1878 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 2) ii. ii. §1. 263 By the inspiratory effort the elastic tissue of the lungs is put on the stretch.
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